Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

49 U.S.C. § 321

Definitions

section 40102(a) of this titleIn this subchapter, “aeronautics”, “air commerce”, and “air navigation facility” have the same meanings given those terms in .

Pub. L. 97–449, § 1(b)96 Stat. 2422Pub. L. 98–216, § 2(2)98 Stat. 5Pub. L. 103–272, § 5(m)(8)108 Stat. 1376Pub. L. 103–429, § 6(2)108 Stat. 4378(, , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Pub. L. 97–449

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

321

(no source).

A number of the source provisions of the subchapter are taken from 49:ch. 20. The text of 49:ch. 20 contains general definitions, some of which are used in those source provisions. The section includes those definitions from 49:ch. 20 that are used in the source provisions included in the subchapter.

Pub. L. 103–429

This makes a clarifying amendment to 49:321.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 103–4291994— struck out “, respectively” after “of this title”.

Pub. L. 103–272section 40102(a) of this title substituted “” for “section 101(2), (4), and (8) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 App. U.S.C. 1301(2), (4), (8))”.

Pub. L. 98–2161984— substituted “49 App. U.S.C.” for “49 U.S.C.”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Pub. L. 103–429, § 9108 Stat. 4391

section 41312 of this title“The amendments made by sections 6(2)–(15), (19)–(35), (37)–(39), (41), (44)–(52), (54)–(62), (65), (66)(B), (70), (73)–(76), and (78)–(81) of this Act [enacting and amending this section and sections 5103, 5104, 5115, 5125, 5307, 5318, 5320, 5323, 5326, 5327, 5331, 5337, 5565, 20136, 22108, 24501, 24904, 30141, 30165, 30166, 30308, 31501, 32101, 32304, 32309, 32505, 32703, 32705, 32706, 32908 to 32910, 32913, 33101, 33106, 40102, 40104, 40110, 41103, 41110, 41734, 44502, 44701, 44711, 44937, 45105, 45302, 46301, 46310, 46502, 47101, 47113, 47114, 47128, 47531, 47532, 60109, and 60112 of this title] shall take effect on .”
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